3583. 'And your mother's sons will bow down to you' means over all other affections for truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'sons' also as truths, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, 3373, and from the meaning of 'mother' as the affection for spiritual truth - therefore as the Church, for the Church exists from truth and the affection for this, and is given the name 'mother', dealt with in 289, 2691, 2717.

Title: Decoding the "Father," "Son," and "Holy Spirit"

Topic: Trinity

Summary: We look at language, trying to read Scripture from an angelic rather than earthly perspective to decipher what the Trinity is and why it is discussed this way.

Use the reference links below to follow along in the Bible as you watch.

References:
1 John 5:8-9
Genesis 27:9, 14; 44:20
Proverbs 3:11-12
John 5:20; 10:17; 14:21; 15:9-10; 16:27-28
Ephesians 6:23
Colossians 2:2
1 Thessalonians 1:3
2 Thessalonians 2:16
1 John 2:15, 17; 3:1
2 John 1:3
Exodus 3:4
1 Kings 3:10
John 14:16-18, 26; 15:26; 16:13
2 Corinthians 1:18; 3:17-18
Revelation 2:7
Mark 10:21
John 11:5; 13:1, 23; 1:17; 14:6
Romans 9:1
2 Corinthians 11:10